/**
* Copyright 2009 Maxim Cassian Porges
* 
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
* 
*     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
* 
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package loom.reflection
{
	/**
	 * Anything that can have metadata attached to it uses <code>Annotatable</code> as a base class.
	 */
	public class Annotatable
	{
		private var _metadata : Array;
		
		public function Annotatable()
		{
			_metadata = [];
		}
		
		/**
		 * Adds a <code>Metadata</code> entry to this object instance.
		 */
		public function addMetadata(metadata : Metadata) : void
		{
			_metadata.push(metadata);
		}

        /**
         * Gets all the metadata entries for this object instance.
         */		
		public function get metadata() : Array 
		{
			return _metadata;
		}
	}
}